LA Restaurant Serves Pricey Smoked Hemp and Hops Drink

What do you get when a cannabis-loving mixologist gets in on the smoky cocktail craze? Up in Smoke—a $25 hemp- and hops-inspired drink.

Tequila blanco, house mosaic-hopped cucumber soda, lemon and celery bitters make up the drink’s liquid component, which is served from a water pipe decanter (wink, wink) with a hop cone stuffed in its downstem. After the hop cone is set ablaze and the smoke’s aroma fills the air, the liquid is served over ice.

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Got the munchies? Snack on Up in Smoke’s suggestive garnish of cucumber cut into the letters “THC.”

The drink may seem like any unlikely fit atGracias Madre—a plant-based Mexican spot in West Hollywood—but self-proclaimed stoner and beverage director Jason Eisener sees the cocktail as a way to teach foodies about the similarities between cannabis and hops.